Top 8 Private Equity Investors in Agriculture and Forestry Industry in the World in 2021 by Deal Volume

AP Partners Fund, Corporacion Financiera Alba SA, Diligent Capital Partners, Heliconia Capital Management Pte. Ltd., and Merida Capital Holdings LLC are among the top 5 Private Equity Investors in the agriculture and forestry industry in 2021 by deal volume. In terms of the geographic split, 5 out of the world’s top 8 private equity investors in the agriculture and forestry industry are headquartered in Europe, whereas the remaining 2 are based in Asia, and 1 is based in North America. They employed a total of 832 people in 2021. The AP Partners Fund-ILSAR Knowledge Intensive Crops deal was one of the major deals in the agriculture and forestry sector in 2021. ILSAR Knowledge Intensive Crops Ltd (Ilsar Truffles) is an agriculture-based company that applies advanced natural agro-technologies to cultivate top-quality black winter truffles. ILSAR Knowledge Intensive Crops Ltd, an Israel-based cultivated the rare truffles on the Golan Heights and is set to commercialize it on international markets, has secured $5 million in a financing round, led by AP Partners private equity fund. The deal was completed in Q1 2021. The Heliconia Capital Management-Carousell deal was another major deal in the agriculture and forestry sector in 2021. Heliconia Capital Management Pte Ltd, a private equity firm, has invested $10 million in Carousell Pte Ltd, a provider of consumer-to-consumer marketplace applications for secondhand buying and selling. Both parties involved in the transaction are based in Singapore. Under the deal, Heliconia Capital acquired 577,000 shares of Carousell for $17.30 each, via its Orchid 3 Investments VCC Fund. Heliconia Capital valued Carousell at $1.1 billion in the transaction. The deal was completed in Q4 2021.